Hey all, this is TheRazgrizDragon and I just want to say that all flamer's flames will be sent to Gai and Lee for their Flames of Youth, the flamers themselves will be sent to Anko and Ibiki, and that I will not be held accountable for my actions, and somewhere down the line Naruto will prank them! Also the idea for a Tuna Masked ANBU and someone in a bank watching Naruto's money was said once in Crossoverpairinglover's story Naruto Mysterious Power; I got permission form him to include that in my story and just expanded on it. All the props go to him for those, also if I ever find out who invented the CRA on this site; I will buy them a drink. GOOD LUCK & GOOD WRING TO ALL WRITERS!
I am not Japanese, I don't live in Japan, I've never been to Japan (though I'd love to go someday), I don't have a lot of money, and my name is not Masashi Kishimoto, so obviously I don't own Naruto or any of its affiliates. I own my ideas, my imagination, and a heart for writing and nothing more!
Edited: 9/30/13
Chapter 1 The Drama Begins
Five year old Naruto Uzumaki was running down the streets of the ninja village of Konohagakure. He was wearing a white shirt with a red swirl on the back similar to those on the back of the chunin and jounin flack jackets of the ninja of the village. As well as black baggy pants and black kids boots; all of which looked old, dirty, and worn out.
His face had some mud on it as well as three distinct whisker marks on his face, with golden hair that looked like it was bathed in sunlight, yet right now was covered in a little dirt. He was currently running down the street laughing tauntingly at three Uchiha Police Force Officers pursuing him. "Get back here you demon gaki" yelled the oldest looking one with silver hair going off to one side named Yashiro. The other two where yelling similar things. "Hahaha, you never catch me losers" laughed Naruto as he continued to run down one of Konoha's main market district streets, while ignoring the hateful stares from majority of the villagers.
He got some from some of the ninja as well, but every time he saw one and they saw him, they tried to chase him; something that scared him to no end. So he hid from them all the time, or tried to until these three Uchiha Police Force guys saw him. Despite masses of people setting up for the festival tonight, Naruto's little legs and short stature allowed him to run through the crowded streets with ease, unlike the Uchiha Police Force Officers.
He kept running until he ran into a dark side ally full of old boxes and dumpsters rather quickly, but he was slow enough that the still crowd struggling police members saw. Regrouping at the ally, the three Uchiha cursed as they saw it was empty. Yashiro called out, "Shit, we lost him; he has to be around here somewhere. Split up, if you don't find him after two hours report back to HQ. Go!"
With that Yashiro ran down the ally's other end and went right, the other who followed went left, and the third went back the way they came and ran father down the market street. A couple of seconds after the three police members where gone, a mat was moved from a top one of the boxes. It was quickly thrown away by a laughing young Naruto who was holding his gut in mirth.
"Those bakas" thought an amused Naruto. Knowing he had to leave the area before more mysterious people went looking for him, or those scary mask guys showed up. Naruto was thinking of a place to go. "Mmm, can't go back to the orphanage, they'd rat me out in an instant, and they where horrible too me and kicked me out for some stupid reason. Don't want to go back to the forest yet. Can't go back to Fort Naruto in that other alley, it was found by those weird people with masks that where also looking for me. Anybody looking for me that hard, can't mean anything good for me. Yet, I still don't understand why people don't like me. I'm hated for some reason by this village, but I'll show them that I'm no demon."
Naruto just jumped out of his box and sighed before smiling quickly a few seconds later. "No use feeling down. I know, maybe I'll go too the park and try making friends again, and maybe finally today I'll see that nice old man again. Even though it's getting late, but I'll still try. For I'm not giving up, dattebayo" thought Naruto excitedly and determinedly before his stomach rumbled and hurt!
Rubbing his stomach, he laughed sheepishly before a depressing look came on his face. Talking to himself quietly and barely about a whisper he stated "But first I got to find some food; I haven't eaten in a while." Running fast he tried to find a person to steal food from; something he dreaded doing. Normally he would only take an apple or a small loaf of bread since he saw stealing as a bad crime and something you shouldn't do. Yet the hunger pains where getting worse so he had to take more food. His best catch where bentos he took from picnics but no matter where he took food from he always said a prayer for the people that he stole from so they would somehow get twice the food he stole.
He really, really detested stealing, yet he had no money and he couldn't find the nice old man that always helped him. Plus no one else seemed to be. So he was off to find a mark to steal from since he hadn't eaten practically anything besides a bread loaf in three days. Finding two people carrying food, he decided to follow them to see if he could get a chance to take anything. One was teenage girl with purple hair tied and done in a way that reminded Naruto of a pineapple, wearing a tan trench coat and matching tan skirt.
Blue ninja shoes, with ANBU shin guards and mesh undershirt. She seemed to be making lots of noise while bugging this guy with a few nasty scars on his face, with a black bandana, and a large black trench coat and ninja shoes. Naruto also saw that they where wearing the leaf headband signifying them as leaf ninja. Naruto always got the worst beatings from the ninja, but the girl was carrying food bags of some sort, and he liked a challenge.
In the past he had to steal from ninjas when the opportunities presented themselves to get food. Water he normally got out of bird baths, buckets, and anywhere he could find it, and that stream in the forest marked 44. Yet, he didn't want to take a risk in a beating but it only happened when he first started living on the streets a little over a year ago.
The mean orphanage matron kicked him out four days before this very festival he passed up. Not knowing how to take care of himself, or the dangers, he was almost immediately assaulted. From that day to the day after the festival where hell, and he didn't even remember the last day, just the pain. The constant beatings he received, and random objects being thrown at him, and the fowl words they said, especially when they missed.
On the last day it was the worst, and when he woke up he saw an old nurse about to stab him with a knife, in this weird white walled room, that smelled funny, while on a lumpy bed. He screamed and pushed the lady, and then he saw these two weird mask people enter the room and rush him and the lady. He didn't think but jumped out the open window from the second floor and despite the pain on left leg, he ran, and has been in hiding ever since while systematically developing a fear of the masked people.
Coming back out of his painful memories, he noticed that stoic and annoyed man toward the women was carrying something that looked like what was described to him once as a cake from the nice old man. He always wanted to try cake ever since, and the chocolate the man gave him at the orphanage was really good. Could cake be that good too, he had always wondered?
He had to try it, he told himself, now determined to get some of it no matter the cost. Even though he hated stealing he didn't want to pass up this chance. He kept trailing them for a few blocks, while they kept talking. Eventually they made it to a place in the center or so in the village. The building was huge, but had few windows. The small blonde haired Naruto saw them go in, and before the door closed the blonde snuck in silently after them.
Inside, he saw the two check in at a front desk covered in bars with a small hand slot, and then proceed into a similar set of doors too the ones they came into. All the while Naruto was following, and once again snuck in before the doors closed. He hid behind a couch at the end of the hall near the door that all of them came from. The hall itself white, with a few black couches and many brown doors. Just as quickly as they entered the room they left, while the women seemed very excited, the man was looking a little annoyed.
After making sure the coast was clear; Naruto quietly went into the room. The room had several couches and chairs, and a few decorative plants here and there. That's not what caught young Naruto's attention though. What he saw had him thinking "jackpot!" There were many dishes of random foods, and one big white frosted cake on several foldable brown and or black tables. Naruto would have cried in happiness, had he not grabbed a plate, and stared dishing up some of the food, with some utensils and chopsticks he found next them. He had to admit the food was great once he started inhaling it!
Yugao Uzuki dressed in the typical Konoha ANBU gear with a grey flack jacket arm and shin guards and grey ninja shoes, while wearing a cat ANBU mask. The thing that stood out the most was her flowing purple hair and violet Tanto on her back. The ANBU Captain was having a sad day; a very sad day, or should we say year. Even her boyfriend Hayate couldn't cheer her up most of this year. A few months back she found out that her sensei's son was living on the streets.
She was no fool; she knew as well as her boyfriend who Naruto really was, and it pained both of them for a hero to be treated as such. Hayate promised too look for him too on his down time. Something that made Yugao fall in love with him all over again. Outside of Kakashi, no one worked as much for the mission to find the long lost Naruto in her own village then her. She spent months on the mission and sometimes days on end, and she could tell it pained the Third to do so, but he had to put the village first and send most of the ANBU out on other missions. Though it seemed like her and Kakashi kept getting the as the ANBU started calling it "find the Gaki" mission, something that endeared her towards the Third.
Many ninja where stumped how a little kid could evade them in their own ninja village for so long. Finding Naruto was becoming a challenge. Originally some thought he was dead, until they found traces of him in various areas. They hit a big break about a month ago when they found what looked to be a home made of boxes in a lightly used alley on the east side of town that an Inuzuka Chunin confirmed had Naruto's scent everywhere.
It looked recently used, and search parties where renewed with vigor, though they still couldn't find him. Unknown too them was that Danzo Shimura's NE couldn't find him either, something that pissed the man off to no end, though he never showed it. Unknown too Naruto was that he gained a lot of ANBU's and Jounin's eternal respect that they couldn't find him or even a hair of him for almost a year in their own ninja village.
Even some non-Naruto hating Shinobi that weren't ANBU or Jounin looked on their spare time, but results varied. Though a Tokubetsu Jounin Genma Shiranui and two newly minted chunin buddies together Iruka Umino and Tsuzumi Sarugaku could have sworn they saw Naruto in the crowd but couldn't find him anywhere they looked after the sightings. Though it did start the major man hunts over again.
Now, Yugao was in every one of these hunts, but the fact that she couldn't find him still saddened her too no end. Checking her watch she found she was well past her search time and feeling tired so she depressingly decided to call it quits today. She had been searching for 3 whole days. Speaking quietly to herself she said "Sorry Kushina-sensei, I'll find him one day."
She didn't know how right she was. Heading towards ANBU HQ, after signing in and taking off her cat ANBU mask, and putting it in a seal on her right guard, something she learned from her sensei, which didn't help her mood, she decided to take a quick nap before the party since she promised Anko she would try her cake before she left, despite wanting to go home.
"How someone as tomboyish and sadistic as Anko could make some of the best sweets in the world is beyond me." She thought before opening the door too a huge shock, that hit her like a ton of bricks. There in ANBU HQ was the very person the entirety of the Konoha ANBU and ninja force have been looking for over a year, who she was looking for, and the irony was not lost to her. She also couldn't help but be amazed at the amount of food he was eating or how fast. "He could beat Anko in speed of shoveling food in she thought", but was brought out of her musings by Naruto turning his head up and looking at her.
Naruto was enjoying the food, especially the cake. He ate ¼ of it already, as well as a lot of the other foods. Since he hadn't eaten in long time or that much for that matter he figured that he could splurge. Hunger putting him in a false sense of security, and even making him forget how much he hated to steal, since the food was so good. Survival and childishness really!
After finishing another plate he looked up and what he saw horrified him. There was a woman, though he thought she was pretty, but someone had caught him stealing and now he was going to get beaten like always. He slowly got out of his chair and curled into a ball on the floor while he closed his eyes and waited. Yugao for her part couldn't fathom why he was doing that until it hit her like a ton of bricks "he thought he was going to be beaten for this transgression."
Yugao knew that what she did next would be really important, so she decided to play dumb. She quietly but quickly walked up to him and asked who he was, something she could see shocked him. There was also something in his eyes she couldn't pinpoint, but could tell one was the feeling for longing and another was extreme pain.
To her eternal surprise he hoped up and looked at her with his finger on his mouth and his head turned to the side as if he was thinking. She thought that at this moment he looked absolutely adorable and the whisker marks weren't helping. She had to force herself not to "kawaii" and glomp the poor kid, though she did take out a camera and take a picture of the boy who seemed distracted, before putting it back into her pack.
Yugao could see a thousand uses for this picture later. Though the kid seemed to see the flash, and it broke him out of his stupor and surprise. Naruto was still very confused by why the pretty lady was looking at him that he saw a flash and then turned to her wondering what just happened. So he had to ask, "who are you pretty lady?" Yugao for the life of her blushed but didn't know if she should laugh or hit the gaki, all the while thinking that this, she realized, clueless kid was going to be a chick magnet later in life.
"He's going to definitely look like his father, but if he's clueless like him too… Oh, dear!" Shaking herself out of her thoughts of the future, she introduced herself as Yugao Uzuki but he could call her Yugao. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, dattebayo, Yugao-chan!
She smiled and ruffled his head before his stomach growled. She giggled, and started fixing a plate of food for him which consisted of a lot of vegetables, some fruit, and more grains. Since she noticed he went after the meat, potatoes, and sweets. Especially the sweets and oh she so hoped that Anko wouldn't be mad about the cake. She was no doctor, but she knew Naruto needed some nutrients in him, from a lack of diet. Turning around she saw Naruto shifting his feet in looking down.
When she turned around and handed him a plate Naruto started crying. "I'm sorry for stealing your food; I was so hungry; it's been a while since I ate. I'll work it off." Yugao was angry but didn't show it. She wasn't angry with Naruto. No, he was innocently trying to survive. She was angry with most of Konoha and some of the council for letting this poor boy suffer from their ignorance. He was a hero that protected them everyday, and this is what they do to him. Ignore, torture, and starve him. He was a child and she would be damned if she let this continue.
She would adopt the boy no matter the consequences and anyone would be damned if they got in the way; she would also contact Tsunade if she had too. Her sensei told her the connection the Uzumaki and Senju Clans had between them as cousin clans, and how Kushina's aunt married the First Hokage Hashirama. She would do this all for Naruto and be damned the consequence if it made his life one day better. She though had to think of now for him.
"It's ok Naruto-kun, why don't you come sit back at the table with your Onee-chan, and have some more food. You're obviously still hungry, she said with a smile that would have melted any man in Konoha. Naruto didn't seem to care about that he just picked his head in shock at what she was implying. Onee-chan seemed foreign too him, like he didn't know what she was saying his shock was still evident he was started to act like a statue, before a rare smile came across his face.
A smile that warmed Yugao's heart for some reason, and she though would definitely be getting him some girls in the future. "Ok Onee-chan…" and he sat at the table waiting for her, but wasn't waiting long as she sat down across from him, while simultaneously setting the plate she made down in front of him. One look at the plate and Naruto crossed his arms, and shook his head, and with a "No Vegetables." Yugao's left eye started twitching, and by now most guys, ANBU, and even Hayate included would be seen running, but Naruto didn't know this. Plus Yugao got an idea from what her sensei said she used against her husband a lot.
She did the dreaded puppy-eyes no jutsu on the unsuspecting Naruto. Naruto was stubborn and held, but barley, and shook his head. Yugao could tell this and although surprised, she decided to add an incentive with the jutsu since she now realized it was Naruto's birthday today, but upped the stakes as well.
"Your new Onee-chan will let you have the rest of that cake if you eat this whole plate, plus one more of my choosing. All the while praying Anko wouldn't kill her instead, though she knew Anko had a soft spot for the boy as well for their similar situations. He agreed so fast and practically inhaled the food, and the second plate of her choosing.
Although she was a bit merciful and only gave him half the vegetables then the first one and put beef and rice on his plate in the rest of it; it didn't stop him from inhaling this plate as well. Something she thought she would have to work at with him, or at least get it too his mother's level of self-control.
Keeping her promise she said that he could eat the cake, but he had to do so slowly. He nodded while she asked him questions as innocently and casually as she could in the form of light conversation. After asking where he lived he told her that he lived in many places. He explained he made a lot of forts he rather dramatically and affectionately called them all Fort Naruto, which caused her to giggle. His antics reminding her of both his parents in many different ways.
Never stopping from his cake he went on to tell her how some civilians or ninja found some of the places and beat him out of it or wrecked it so he wouldn't come back. He never noticed her eyes hiding in her hair or the dark look on her face. Hell, you probably, if you looked close enough, see hell itself behind her.
He then explained how he broke into the junkyard or the sewer, but couldn't get comfortable in those places so he went to some forest with 44 on it and stayed in there for a couple of days here and there. This scared her to death, she couldn't believe that he would go in there or how he survived thus far. Hell she was surprised Anko didn't know he went in there since that was her private spot and training field.
"Damn", she thought, "no wonder we couldn't find him, he was constantly moving and he kept going places we wouldn't dream of." He ate another ¼ of the cake through his story, and she was about to tell him that they where going to visit the old man or Jiji since she remembered what the Hokage told the ANBU and some ninja what Naruto called him.
Another thing just like his mother, but never got the chance. A Tiger (Tenzo) masked ANBU came in that looked exactly like her except he had a mask on and his tanto was wooden. Naruto saw him and absolute primal fear came on his face, something that was not missed by either Yugao or Tenzo. Yugao turned her head to address the still surprised Tenzo, but was not expecting Naruto to run away.
Though she wanted to face-palm so badly when she noticed that despite his shown fear he was running with the cake in both of his tiny hands. He booked past her and under Tenzo's legs, cake and all and was heading for the entrance. Yugao and Tenzo in pursuit. Naruto was scared of the mask guys and didn't think, he saw how Yugao was familiar with the other one and thought she betrayed him to keep him there till others showed up and they could beat him.
He grabbed the cake without thinking and headed to the door, and under the masked guys legs. Making it too the door he noticed the tall, dark, and scarred man that he followed into the building but not the young women.
Surprise was evident on his face before Naruto tripped and then cake was sent flying toward him. The other half of the cake ended right up on Ibiki Morino's face; something that he would later have a hard time living down. Naruto quickly got up and booked for the door again as the scarred man was trying to wipe his face off. This time sliding under the man, he booked for the door.
Getting threw that one he didn't stop as who ever was beyond the counter was yelling out at him to stop, and he made it out the other door. All the while hearing a loud whistle in the back round, He didn't know where he was heading but he figured the park was the best place to hide and hope the scary mask men and women didn't get him.
Yugao for her part was confused as to why Naruto was scared of Tenzo. She knew Tenzo wasn't a Naruto hater nor that he would do anything to hurt him. In fact he was one of the few ANBU that worked hard to find her new little brother. None the less, she knew they had to get him back so she blew the ANBU whistle to get all neighboring ANBU to her location pronto.
The whistle was forbidden to use for just anything as it took ANBU from their assigned tasks in the vicinity of the whistle which only works for that same ANBU's chakra signature, to help with what is deemed an immediate emergency of the highest caliber, and all ANBU who responded would get what they call a "whistle bonus" in pay.
Plus civilians knew that it is serious when the whistle is used and that the sound of it is known to cause a panic. These are the reasons that it is only under very emergency situations that said whistle is used. Yugao hoped no civilians would hear the whistle, which none did, but knew she wasn't going to get into trouble for using the thing.
She knew that practically all the ANBU wanted this mission wrapped up, and that the Hokage was looking for his surrogate grandson. So no harm done, but she was not letting Naruto spend another night on these streets, especially being so close. She only hoped that what ever the fear was he would over come it. She and Ibiki then brought over 20 ANBU up to speed and told them to fan out in teams of two.
Yugao and Tenzo quickly agreed to be a team and Yugao was swiftly put in charge as head ANBU of the other teams, since she was also the only ANBU captain among them. She quickly put on her cat mask again and despite being up for over 3 days went out to find her little brother.
I was tempted to just give Tenzo a squirrel mask, lol. I added some lesser used people from canon and did my own thing with them and used in the story for backdrop people so expect some of them. Please feel free to send me PMs on ideas and thoughts!
